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Telia, Telenor to Launch Services
Drawing on Internet Technology

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Jennifer L. SchenkerSpecial to The Wall Street Journal

Updated March 27, 1998 12:01 a.m. ET

Sweden's Telia AB and Norway's Telenor AS are about to separately launch services drawing on Internet technology, joining a growing number of European telephone companies that are investing in services based on voice over Internet.

Analysts said phone companies already investing in these services -- such as Deutsche Telekom AG, France Telecom SA and Telecom Finland Ltd. -- realize they can't afford to ignore a potent weapon that can be used against them by rivals.